Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12

tural and grazing lands in the territery.
This point is the terminus of the Mantle
ba and the commencement of the Mon
tana Central. The future of the town is
very brilliant one. By the organization
of Cascade county this point made the
county seat aud before many days it will
beast court house and other public
lie buildings.
We had the pleasure of being already
acquainted with Phil Gibson. son Of Paris
Gibson. who is known as the father of the
town. which name he deservedly bears.
Phil invited us to see the place and sur
roundings. We found carriage await
ing US at the door and after driving about
the beautiful streets of the city, we con-
cluded to see the great falls from which
the place takes its name.
During our two days stay the weather
became very mild and the roads very
heavy, and as a consequence the stage
would not take passengers for Helena SO
we had to stay over another day. This
gave US an opportunity to visit the many
enterprising merchants of this thrifty
town. The most prominent feature in it
is the large Park hotel, which was built
and is owned by Gibson & Chowen, and
managed by D. G. Ehrhart This hotel
has 100 rooms, with all the modern inn
provements - Steam heat, electric fire
alarms and everything that may be looked
for in first class house, and they set as
good table as is found in the large hotels
Of the east. The rooms are very comfort
able and pleasant. The next important
features of the town are the two bridges,
now in course Of construction, crossing
the Missouri river, one for the Montana
Il y
bridge. Opposite the hotel is beautiful
ly laid out park with fine drives along the
river shore and lined with trees. In this
park they contemplate the erection of an
elegant depot. which will be used by both
the Montana Ceutral and Manitoba rail-
roads The town presents fine appear
ance, as all the streets run parallel and are
much wider than usually found in Mon
tana cities. This is due to the manage
ment of the Great Falls Townsite s. Wa
ter Power Company, who plated the city
before it was peopled. We found very
costly brick buildings ON the main street
occupied by enterprising merchants, such
as j. Ell. Mcknight s. CO.. general mer-
chandise; Murphy. McCiay d Co, gene
raj merchandise. of which W.P. Wren Is
manager; c. P Thomson, dry goods;
Taylor q Gibson, real estate, insurance
aud abstract Office; NJ. Harris, clothing;
W. P. Beachley. stationery; JamessW. Mat
kins, cigars and tobacco; Churchill & Web
ster, drugs and groceries; Laneyre Broth
ers, drugs; A Nathan, clothing; William
Albrecht, furniture: Hotchkiss & HaW-
kins, hardware.
The court house at present will be lo-
ca ed in the Minot building, which is a.
large 3-story brick. The First National
bank will occupy room on the lower floor.
This building has been erected by II. D..
Minot, who was at one time second vice.
president of the Manitoba road. He is
young man and has placed his money
where it will bring good returns. The
principal residence street of the city is
Fourth-avenue Nerth, which is a wide
boulevard and lined with trees. The
government of the county will go into eff
feet the 18th of December, On which date
every man will be found at his post of
duty, as they are already making proper
preparations. After having visited this
charming spot we were able to candidiy
express ourselves as thinking that Great
Falls will be one of the largest cities OF
the territory.